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Food chains – Did you know?
Did you know that dung beetles decompose waste products, making them an important part of the food chain? Life processes - Living things in their environments - Food chains Learning Points Decomposers break down organic material and...
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Butterfly's breakfast
Explanation of a food web. Life processes - Living things in their environments - Food webs Learning Points Herbivores eat only plants. Carnivores eat only animals. Food chains can be combined to create a food web. A Twig Curriculum...
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The nutcracker
How can a bird that eats a plant's seeds actually help the plant survive? Life processes - Green plants - Fertilisation and dispersal Learning Points Dispersal means the spread of seeds to new areas. Animals disperse seeds by eating and...
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Sea otters
The vital role of sea otters in maintaining a food web. Life processes - Living things in their environments - Food webs Learning Points Omnivores eat both plants and other animals. An organism can belong to several food chains. A...
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Sharks and fur seals
Case study on the food chain of sharks and fur seals. Life processes - Living things in their environments - Food chains Learning Points Primary consumers eat producers, secondary and tertiary consumers eat other animals. Producers make...
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Food Chain - Ecosystem Energy
Find out how energy flows up a food chain. Life processes - Living things in their environments - Food chains Learning Points All consumers ultimately rely on producers for energy. A food chain consists of organisms that rely on each for...
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Great flood of the Kalahari
Once a year the Kalahari desert floods, enabling life to flourish. Life processes - Living things in their environments - Obtaining food Learning Points Carnivores eat only animals. Predators are animals that hunt and eat other animals....
Science Buddies
Can Beeswax Wraps Replace Plastic Wraps?
In this science project you will create a beeswax wrap and compare it's physical properties, sustainable characteristics, and food storage capabilities to commonly used plastic wrap.
Wonderscape
From Sunlight to Snack: The Energy Journey in the Animal Kingdom
Dive into the world of consumers in the energy cycle, exploring how animals, including humans, derive their energy from plants and other animals. This video explains the process of digestion, metabolism, and the role of nutrients like...
Wonderscape
Ecosystem Dynamics: Exploring Matter and Energy Flow
Dive into the intricate world of ecosystems, where every element, from the smallest organism to the broadest landscapes, plays a crucial role in the circulation of matter and energy. This video unravels how producers, consumers,...
Wonderscape
The Ozone Layer: Earth's Natural Sunscreen Under Threat
Explore how chemicals like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) impact the ozone layer, which acts as the Earth's natural sunscreen by absorbing harmful ultraviolet rays. Understand the environmental consequences of ozone depletion, including...
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From Food Chains to Food Webs
Dr. Forrester explains how all animals rely on producers, or plants, to provide a foundation for food chains and food webs.
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What is an Ecosystem?
An ecosystem is a complete community of living organisms and the nonliving materials of their surroundings. This includes plants, animals, microorganisms and their environment, such as soil, rocks, and minerals. An Ecosystem also...
PBS
Have Humans Always Feared Sharks?
Despite the extreme rarity of attacks on humans, Sharks have become perhaps the most widely feared animals on the planet. How did this happen? They're not naturally aggressive towards humans and kill fewer people each year than falling...
Professor Dave Explains
Food Webs and Trophic Cascades
Now that we know about nutrient cycling, we are ready to look at food webs as a whole. These represent feeding relationships within a community.These relationships designate certain trophic levels, so let's learn about what these mean...
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GCSE Biology - Trophic Levels - Producers, Consumers, Herbivores & Carnivores #86
This video covers: - The idea that trophic levels are just the different levels of a food chain - Trophic level 1 are called the producers - Trophic level 2 are primary consumers, trophic level 3 are called the secondary consumers and so...
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GCSE Biology - Pyramids of Biomass #87
This video covers: - The idea that biomass is just the mass of living organisms - Pyramids of biomass show the amount of biomass at each trophic level of a food chain - Why the amount of biomass decreases as you go up the food chain -...
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GCSE Biology - Food Chains & Predator Prey Cycles #85
For ecosystems to function they need energy; and we can see how this energy moves through ecosystems with food chains. We also explore how the populations of predators and prey vary over time with predator prey cycles.
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Creating a Water Ecosystem
Dr. Forester creates a water ecosystem and identifies the roles of consumer, producer, and decomposer in the water ecosystem.
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Food Webs
“Food Webs” explains the movement of energy from producers to consumers to decomposers.
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Ecosystems: What If Algae Were Removed from a Pond?
A video entitled “Ecosystems: What If Algae Were Removed from a Pond?” which examines algae as organisms and discusses how one small part of an ecosystem can play a big role.
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High Five Facts - Wildlife Conservation
This video explores five fun facts about wildlife conservation.
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What are Food Chains | Learning Science
Where do plants and animals get their energy from? Explore food chains and see how energy is passed from the sun to plants and on to first, second and third order consumers.